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Techies and Internet wonks have been trolling the online habits of lawmakers in Washington to see if they committed the very same piracy crimes Congress is attempting to stem with the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) still sitting in committee.

Opponents of the bill are attacking Congress’ double standard by boycotting tech companies that openly support the legislation.

The web hosting company GoDaddy.com was a victim to an online blacklist campaign led by outspoken SOPA opponents, Reddit users and later even Wikipedia, who led a boycott against GoDaddy by pulling their domains to the site.

In response, Forbes is reporting that GoDaddy has officially rescinded their support of the bill that they advised in drafting.

Reddit users are expected to take a similar strategy against Congress by flooding their inboxes with disapproval.

One blogger based out of Rep. Lamar Smith’s San Antonio district reached out to his Congressman to voice his concern over the SOPA bill that he says “reinforces the idea that America owns the internet.”

Smith issued a statement in response saying “the Stop Online Piracy Act does not threaten the Internet nor does it impede the ability of any American to exercise their First Amendment rights. But it does threaten the profits sought by those who willfully steal intellectual property by trafficking in counterfeit or pirated goods.”

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